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A New York Times best-selling and widely admired Catholic writer explores how we can retrieve transcendent faith in modern times

Critically acclaimed and best-selling author James Carroll has explored every aspect of Christianity, faith, and Jesus Christ, except this central one: What can we believe about - and how can we believe in - Jesus in the 21st century in light of the atrocities of the 20th century and the drift from religion that followed?

What Carroll has discovered through decades of writing and lecturing is that he is far from alone in clinging to a received memory of Jesus that separates him from his crucial identity as a Jew, and therefore as a human. Yet if Jesus were not taken as divine, he would be of no interest to us. What can that mean now? Paradoxically, the key is his permanent Jewishness. No Christian himself, Jesus actually transcends Christianity.

Drawing on both a wide range of scholarship as well as his own acute searching as a believer, Carroll takes a fresh look at the most familiar narratives of all - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Not simply another book about the "historical Jesus," he takes the challenges of science and contemporary philosophy seriously, even as he retrieves the power of Jesus' profound ordinariness, as an answer to his own last question - what is the future of Jesus Christ? - as the key to a renewal of faith.

I was hoping for more ...

Mr. Carroll presents an insightful christology. I appreciate the importance of the roman/jewish wars in a new way. There are several other aspects that make the listen ultimately have value, but - for me - it lacked a passion that I was hoping for. I heard echoes of the 60's & 70's theology as well as the mandatory nod to the backdrop of the holocaust, nuclear war and quantum physics,however, I don't think he answers his ultimate question - "who is Jesus, actually?" in a way that can be understood by people w/o a strong background in Theology. He quotes "theology is for the elite and myth is for the masses". I guess I need more reflection on the "myth!"

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Arken

25-11-2014

Good book - hire a real reader

Even good books can be diminished by bad readers, and that is the case here. Lots of very good insights, an interesting personal story, a very good book for the 21st Century Catholic looking for something other than the usual triumphalist bunkum. But, really, leave the reading to the professionals. The author seems to think that getting emotional and dramatic in places is the best way to convey his point, when really it just makes you want to turn it off.

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Mari Miller

12-06-2016

Redundant

Would you try another book from James Carroll and/or James Carroll?

Unlikely

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Conclusion was repeated throughout the book

What didn’t you like about James Carroll’s performance?

Needs a professional reader

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Not that type of book

Any additional comments?

Book was very well researched but in my opinion did not require 13 hours to make the point. Two hours would have been enough.

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Julie S.

14-08-2015

Passionate

I love that this book is read by the author. His passion for explaining the context and reality of who Christ was, actually, makes it a compelling listen.It's a book I've replayed several times in order to absorb every drop of goodness from the content.

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Anon-E-mouse

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great book but author's theology gets in the way

If like me, you have struggled with wrapping your mind around the whole "Jesus is the son of God" and "Salvation" theory, then this is a very useful book. The author explores the origins of the Messiah,the historical roots of the Jesus movement, modern Christianity's misinterpretation of the ancient Jewish texts (old testament), some of the historical errors in the new testament (many found in Luke), how the early followers of Jesus struggled to understand Jesus' death and how the Hellenized jewish followers of Jesus shaped the movement's theology (the theology behind the "trinity" has its roots in the roman pantheon). He explores the historical roots of antisemitism, Hitler's holocaust was some 2000 years in the making. The break between the the Jewish followers of Jesus and the followers of Yahweh would eventually sow the seeds of Christian anti-antisemitism.In the first millennium of the Christian era, leaders in the early church hierarchy developed and solidified as doctrine ideas that: all Jews were responsible for the crucifixion of Christ; the destruction of the Temple by the Romans and the scattering of the Jewish people was punishment both for past transgressions and for continued failure to abandon their faith and accept Christianity. This book is not as cohesive and methodical as one would hope in a history book, but since the historical facts are really useful, i would urge you to exercise a bit of patience.